
You need to know this regarding travel to your country of origin and right of residence in the Netherlands
Travelling to your country of origin has risks for your residence permit in the Netherlands. Sometimes your right of residence in the Netherlands can be stopped if you travel back. Read below when you may or may not travel to your country of origin.
With another residence permit you may sometimes travel to your country of origin
If you meet these conditions, you may travel to your country of origin:
1. If you have a permanent asylum residence permit.
If you have a permanent residence permit in the Netherlands, you may travel temporarily to the country you come from. Your permit will not then be stopped.
Please note: If you receive benefits in the Netherlands, you must ask the municipality for permission
If you receive benefits, you must report your trip to the municipality. The municipality must give you permission to travel. You may then travel abroad for a maximum of 28 days (including weekends). If you return late, the municipality must stop your benefit. If you have to stay abroad longer due to illness, notify the municipality in time. You must also report this to your school or work. And you must have valid travel documents.
2. If you have become a Dutch citizen and have a Dutch passport
After 5 years of having a residence permit in the Netherlands, you can 'naturaliseren' (naturalise). That means you get a Dutch passport. With a Dutch passport you can go anywhere. Then you can also travel back to your country of origin to visit family.
3. If you have a residence permit through family reunification
If you came to the Netherlands through family reunification, you have an asylum residence permit based on a family member's permit. This is called a derived permit.
Do you have such a permit? Then you may travel to your country of origin, but you run the risk that your residence permit will be revoked upon your return to the Netherlands. The family member through whom you have a permit may not travel to the country of origin.